An inflamed elbow after an insect sting

Hosp Pract (1995). 1998 Jun 15;33(6):41-2, 44. doi: 10.1080/21548331.1998.11443701.

Abstract

A 63-year-old man presented with fever and a painfully swollen right elbow and forearm. He had been stung by a yellow jacket two weeks earlier and had since found it increasingly difficult to bend his arm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arthritis, Gouty / complications*
  • Arthritis, Gouty / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Edema / etiology*
  • Elbow*
  • Fever / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Insect Bites and Stings / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Wasps*